Method for applying a liquid medicinal treatment medium to an area to be treated and medicinal product

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a method for the targeted application of a liquid medicinal treatment medium for topical treatment of a human or animal body in an area to be treated. The treatment medium is applied using at least one pin-like applicator.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a method for applying a liquid medicinaltreatment medium to an area to be treated and a medicinal product.

It is an object of the invention is to provide a method which enables aneasy, well-dosed and above all also precisely localized application of aliquid medicinal treatment medium to a treatment area (skin or tissue)of a human and/or animal body.

“Medicinal treatment medium” according to the invention is understood tobe a medium which in solution contains at least one medicinal substance,for example for disinfection, for treating chronic wounds, such as Ulcuscruris or Decubitus, and also for other medicinal indications, forexample for treating calluses, warts, acne, herpes, onychomycosis,fungal infections of the head, changes in pigment or pathologicalproliferations of the skin and mucous membrane, respectively by externalapplication.

The solution containing the at least one active substance is for examplean oily solution or an aqueous alcoholic solution, which is selected sothat the required flow of the treatment medium from the tubular orsleeve-shaped container through the application tip on its end used forapplication (application end) is ensured in particular also withoutclogging of the pores and/or channels within the application tip, thesolution however ensuring the required stability of the treatmentmedium, in particular also with respect to the physical and/or chemicalproperties. The applicator used is for example the size of a normalfelt-tip pen or marker. It is also possible, however, to select the sizeof the applicator and/or the volume of the interior or reservoir of thisapplicator used for holding the treatment medium so that it is so smallthat the treatment medium is sufficient only for a single treatment oronly for a very limited number of treatments.

Application of the treatment medium generally is effected by brushingover the area to be treated with the application tip or with itsapplication end, the application tip preferably being made of a materialthat is suitable for the controlled and dosed passage of the treatmentmedium, for example of a porous material, or of a sintered material,e.g. of a sintered plastic.

In further embodiments of the invention, the method according to theinvention and/or the medicinal product according to the invention aredesigned for example so that

the treatment medium contains at least one active substance in an oilysolution,and/orthe oily solution of the treatment medium contains at least one mineraloil and/or at least one derivative of a mineral oil,and/orthe mineral oil is paraffin oil and/or silicone oil,and/orthe treatment medium or its solution contains at least one vegetable oiland/or oil product which is obtained from at least one vegetable oil byester interchange, partial reduction, etherification and/or partialsynthesis,and/orsunflower oil and/or other vegetable oils listed in the pharmacopeia areused as the vegetable oil,and/orglycerol ester or other esters of fatty acids with fatty alcohols, fattyalcohols and/or their ethers and esters are used as the oil product,also in varying combinations and in varying concentrations,and/orthe oily solution contains at least one additive in the form oftensides, preferably with a content of approximately 0.1-4.0% by weightrelative to the total weight of the solution, and/or in the form ofwaxes, preferably with a content of approximately 0.1-1.0% by weightrelative to the total weight of the solution, and/or fragrant oilsand/or colorants,and/orthe treatment medium contains the at least one medicinal substance in anaqueous alcoholic solution,and/orthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains monohydric or polyhydricalcohols, e.g. ethanol, glycerol and/or polymer alcohols and/orisopropanol and/or propylene glycol and/or PEG and/or their estersand/or ethers,and/orthe aqueous solution contains ethanol and/or isopropanol in aconcentration of approximately 5.0-70% by weight relative to the totalweight of the solution,and/orthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains the polyhydric, saturated and/orunsaturated alcohols and polymer alcohols, such as propylene glycoland/or their esters and/or ethers in a concentration of approximately2.0-40% by weight relative to the total weight of the solution,and/orthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains at least one medicinal substancein liposomal and/or nanosomal encapsulation,and/orthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains a film-forming component,preferably a polymer film-forming component,and/orethyl acetate, preferably in a concentration of approximately 5.0-40% byweight and/or acetone, preferably in a concentration of approximately5.0-40% by weight relative to the total weight of the solution,respectively, is used as an additional solvent,and/orpolymers and/or co- or cross-polymers, such as polymethacrylate,preferably also in chemically modified form, are used as thefilm-forming component,and/orthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains additives in the form oftensides, preferably in a concentration of approximately 0.5-5% byweight relative to the total weight of the solution, and/or fattyalcohols and/or their esters and ethers, preferably in a concentrationof approximately 0.5-4.0% by weight relative to the total weight of thesolution,and/orpolysobat 80 and/or octyl dodecanol is used as an additive,and/orthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains additives in the form ofthickeners based on cellulose and/or starch, for example oligosaccharideand/or polyacrylate, preferably in a concentration of approximately0.1-0.4% by weight relative to the total weight of the solution,and/orthe solution contains fragrant oils and/or colorants,and/orat least one medicinal substance for treating calluses, warts, acne,herpes, onychomycosis, fungal infections on the head, changes in pigmentor pathological proliferations of the skin is contained,and/orat least one medicinal substance for treating chronic wounds, such asUlcus cruris or Decubitus is contained,and/orthe treatment medium in the solution contains at least one enzymaticand/or antimicrobial substance,and/orthe application tip is made of a porous material, for example of aporous sintered material, e.g. of a sintered polymer material,and/orthe application tip is designed with reduced hardness on its end used toapply the treatment medium to the skin,and/orthe application tip exhibits reduced porosity on its end (5.1) used toapply the treatment medium to the skin,and/orthe application tip is made of PE, PP, PVDF, PTFE and/or EVA,and/orthe container has a sleeve-shaped or tubular design,and that the foregoing characteristics can be used singly or in anycombination.

Further embodiments, advantages and applications of the invention aredisclosed in the following description of exemplary embodiments and thedrawings. All characteristics described and/or pictorially represented,alone or in any combination, are subject matter of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention is described below in detail based on exemplaryembodiments with reference to the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows in an exploded view the elements of a device for applying aliquid medicinally effective treatment medium according to theinvention;

FIG. 2 shows the device in FIG. 1 in assembled state; and

FIGS. 3 and 4 show views as in FIGS. 1 and 2 of a further embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The device (applicator) generally designated 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2 consistsof a sleeve-shaped or tubular container 2 made of a suitable material,for example of plastic, glass and/or metal, which is open only on oneend, i.e. in the embodiment depicted in FIG. 1 on its upper end forholding the treatment medium, of an insert 3 containing a valve ordosing pump 3.1, of a sleeve-shaped mouth piece 4 with sections 4.1, 4.2and 4.3 with different inner and outer diameters, of an application tip5 and of a cap 6, which is manufactured as an injected molded part fromplastic, as are at least parts of the insert 3 and the mouth piece 4.

The application tip 5 is made of a porous, liquid-conducting materialand is designed for example so that its end protruding from the mouthpiece 4 in assembled state of the applicator 1, i.e. on the end 5.1(application end) there used for application of the treatment medium, issofter than in the remaining area or shank 5.2. Furthermore, theporosity of the application tip 5 is such that it has a reduced poresize on its end 5.1 than in the shank 5.2, i.e. the pore size at the end5.1 is for example between approximately 18 and 30 μm and in the area ofthe shank 5.2 is between approximately 40 and 60 μm. Due to the coarserpore structure and the harder design of the application tip 5 on theshank 5.2 the supply of the liquid treatment medium at the end 5.1 isimproved and at the same time due to the harder design of the shank 5.1the mechanical properties of the application tip are significantlybetter adapted to the requirements for automatic assembly.

Suitable materials for the application tip 5 are for example porous,liquid conducting materials, such as porous plastic materials, porousceramic and also felt-like or fleece-like materials. Preferably theapplication tip is made of a sintered material, for example of asintered polymer material, e.g. PE, PP, PVDF, PTFE or EVA. Due to thehydrophobic properties of the polymer materials it is advantageous totreat these materials with a hydrophilic treatment.

Furthermore, it can be advantageous to provide the application tip 5 onits peripheral surface with at least one aeration or ventilation grooveextending over a majority or over the entire length of the applicationtip 5, to prevent dripping or leaking of the applicator 1 especially asa result of thermal effects. Furthermore, the application tip 5 ispreferably tapered at least on its end 5.1, or for example on both ends,namely for example with a rounded tip.

In assembled state the insert 3 is inserted into the opening of thecontainer 2 and secured there in a suitable manner, e.g. by screwing ofthe section 4.3 of the mouth piece 4 provided with the internal thread,so that the insert 3 is held at the opening of the container 2 andsealing this opening, extends with a sleeve-shaped inlet of its dosingpump 3.1 into the interior of the container 2 or into the liquidtreatment medium 8 stored there and ends with the outlet of its dosingpump 3.1 in the interior of the section 4.2 of the mouth piece 4. Theapplication tip 5 is inserted with its shank 5.2 into the mouth piece 4,namely so that it protrudes with its end 5.1 over the end depicted inFIGS. 1 and 2 as the upper end of the mouth piece 4 and with its lowerend into the interior of the section 4.2 or into the upper end of theinsert 3 held there and axially opposes the dosing pump directly. Byaxial movement of the application tip 5 against the effect of a recoilspring (not depicted) provided for example in the dosing pump 3.1, thedosing pump 3.1 can be actuated, namely for removing a dosed quantity ofthe treatment medium 8 from the container 2 and for supplying thisquantity to the application tip 5.

The dosing pump 3.1 can also have a different design, namely so that itis actuated by exerting radial mechanical pressure on the mouth piece 4and/or on the container 2, which is for example elastically deformable.Furthermore, it is also possible to provide instead of the dosing pump3.1 a dosing valve, which opens upon exertion of the radial pressure onthe applicator 1, in particular on the mouth piece and/or on the elasticcontainer 2 for supplying a dosing quantity of the treatment medium fromthe container.

When the device is not in use, the cap 6 is placed on the mouth piece 4,in which (cap) then also the end 5.1 of the application tip 5 protrudingover the mouth piece 4 is held tightly sealed.

For applying the treatment medium 8 to the treatment area, e.g. to theskin or tissue area to be treated, after removing the cap 6 and asapplicable after actuating the dosing pump 3.1 or a corresponding dosingvalve, the area to be treated is brushed over with the end 5.1 of theapplication tip 5. Due to the dosing pump 3.1 or due to thecorresponding dosing valve this not only achieves the dosed supply ofthe treatment medium 8 from the interior of the container 2, but inparticular also prevents the return of the treatment medium from theapplication tip 5 back into the interior of the container 2. Thissignificantly improves the storage life of the treatment medium 8 in thecontainer 2, especially also microbial contamination of the treatmentmedium 8 stored in the container 2. The applicator 1 allows theunproblematic, well dosed and also precisely localized application ofthe liquid treatment medium 8 on the area to be treated. The applicatoraccording to the invention can therefore be used particularly, but notonly, wherever a medicinal treatment with a liquid treatment medium isneeded, particularly also in locally restricted area.

The applicator 1 is suitable for example for treating chronic wounds,such as Ulcus cruris or Decubitus, in which cases the treatment mediumcontains for example enzymatic and/or antimicrobial substances in asuitable solution and in the application of which the precisedelimitation of the area to be treated from the adjacent tissue or theadjacent skin is at least very advantageous, to prevent toxicdisturbances in the area of the wound which could make the skinsusceptible to maceration.

The applicator 1 is furthermore suitable for applying a treatment mediumto small wounds and scars, in particular also for all externalapplications of a medicinal substance which has to be applied in a veryprecise location, in particular also in the vicinity of critical areas,such as eyes, mucous membranes, etc.

The applicator 1 is furthermore suitable for application of solutions tothe skin or the nails with substances for treating skin and nail mycosisdisorders and their symptoms.

The applicator 1 is also suitable for application of solutionscontaining substances for treatment of warts and corns as well asbacterial and viral skin disorders.

In particular, the applicator 1, with a suitable treatment medium storedin the container 2, is suitable for treating calluses, warts, acne,herpes, onychomycosis, fungal infections, changes in pigment orpathological proliferations of the skin, etc.

Of special importance for the functioning ability of the applicator 1and the result of the treatment, and also for the stability of thetreatment medium, is the solution used, in which the substance requiredfor the respective medicinal indication is contained.

Suitable solutions are for example oily solutions, which then, forexample,

contain mineral oils such as paraffin oil, silicone oil and other theirderivatives,

vegetable oils, such as sunflower seed oil,

oil products obtained from vegetable oils by ester interchange and/orpartial synthesis, such as glycerol ester or other esters of fattyacids, also with fatty alcohols, fatty alcohols, their ethers and/oresters,

respectively as single components and/or in any combination and/or in awide variety of single concentrations.

Such solutions can furthermore contain additives, such as tensidesand/or waxes, the latter for thickening of the oil phase, fragrant oilsand/or colorants. The tensides can then be contained in the solution forexample in a concentration of approximately 0.1-4.0% by weight, and thewaxes in a concentration of approximately 0.1-1.0% by weight, relativeto the total weight of the solution respectively.

Further suitable solutions are aqueous alcoholic solutions. Thesesolutions contain water (aqua dest.) and alcohols, for examplemonohydric and/or polyhydric alcohols, such as ethanol or isopropanol,namely for example in a concentration of approximately 5-70% by weightrelative to the total weight of the solution, and/or polymerethylene/propylene glycol PEC, and/or polyhydric saturated andunsaturated alcohols, such as propylene glycol and/or esters and ethersof alcohols in a concentration of for example 2-40% by weight relativeto the total weight of the respective solution.

These alcoholic solutions can likewise contain further additives, inparticular also for improving the stability and/or the physicalproperties and/or improving resorption of the respective solution andtherefore of the treatment medium. Suitable additives for example aretensides for improving the solubility and surface spreading, such aspolysobat 80, preferably in a concentration of 0.5-5.0% by weight, fattyalcohols, their esters and ethers, such as octyl dodecanol, preferablyin a concentration of approximately 0.5-4.0% by weight, thickeners witha cellulose base, starch, oligosaccharide and/or polyacrylate,preferably in a concentration of approximately 0.1-0.4% by weight,fragrant oils and/or colorants. The above quantities specified inpercent by weight likewise are relative to the total mass of therespective solution.

Especially in the case of the aqueous alcoholic solutions, it is alsopossible to provide the substances, particularly also those substancesrequired for treatment of the respective indication and therefore forexample the substances required for treatment of the above-mentionedindications, in liposomal and/or nanosomal encapsulation.

Further suitable solutions are aqueous solutions, in particular aqueousalcoholic solutions of the above-mentioned type, which additionallycontain polymer components for film formation, i.e. for forming apolymer film covering the respective treatment area. These solutionsthen have a composition for example as specified above for the aqueousalcoholic solutions, but can also contain other solvents, such as ethylacetate, preferably in a concentration of approximately 5.0-40% byweight, acetone, preferably in a concentration of approximately 5.0-40%by weight and or film breakers, such as other polymers and/or co- andcross-polymers, such as polymethacrylate (also chemically modified),which are suitable for forming elastic films on the treated area, forexample on the skin, nail, pathologically changed tissue areas, such aswarts, corns, etc.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a device 1 a, which differs from the device 1essentially only in that the insert 3 with the dosing pump or dosingvalve is eliminated and the application tip 5 a accordingly extends intothe interior of the container or into the treatment medium 8 storedthere. Otherwise the device 1 a corresponds to the device 1, so that inFIGS. 3 and 4, the same reference numbers as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 areused for the elements to those of device 1. The device 1 a is alsosuitable in particular for the treatment of the above-named indicationsusing a treatment medium 8, which contains the substance orcorresponding combination of substances required for treatment of therespective indication, namely likewise in an oily solution, an aqueousalcoholic solution and/or an aqueous or aqueous alcoholic solution withadditional polymer components for forming a film.

The invention was described above based on exemplary embodiments.Numerous modifications and adaptations are possible without abandoningthe underlying inventive idea upon which the invention is based.

For example it is possible to provide instead of the dosing pump 3.1 orinstead of a dosing valve other dosing pumps and/or valve-like means forthe dosed supply of the treatment medium and/or for preventing backflowof the treatment medium into the interior of the container 2 and/or forpreventing dripping of the treatment medium. It was further assumedabove that the container 2 is a tubular or sleeve-shaped container.Other forms are also conceivable; in particular, containers used tostore the treatment medium can also be tube-shaped. To keep theapplication tip 5 at least on the outer surfaces of its end 5.1protruding out of the mouth piece 4 as sterile as possible, it can beadvantageous to provide means for disinfection in the cap, for examplein the form of at least one cushion provided in the cap and saturatedwith disinfecting means, into which (cushion) the end 5.1 is immersedwhen placing the cap 6 on the device.

REFERENCE LIST

-   1, 1 a device or applicator-   2 container-   3 insert-   3.1 dosing pump-   4 mouth piece-   4.1-4.3 sections of mouth piece 4-   5, 5 a application tip-   5.1 application end of application tip-   5.2 shank of application tip-   6 cap-   7 external thread-   8 treatment medium or treatment solution with medicinal substance

1. A method for controlled application of a liquid medicinal treatmentmedium containing at least one medicinal substance on an area to betreated during an external treatment of a human or animal body, using apen-like applicator, which holds the treatment medium in a reservoir orcontainer and which is provided on an end with an application tip, bymeans of which the treatment medium from the interior of the containeris applied to the area to be treated by brushing or moving over saidarea wherein the application tip is made of a porous material, a poroussintered material or a porous sintered polymer material.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, whereby the treatment medium contains at least oneactive substance in an oily solution.
 3. The method according to claim2, wherein the treatment medium oily solution contains at least onemineral oil or at least one derivative of a mineral oil.
 4. The methodaccording to claim 3, wherein mineral oil is paraffin oil or siliconeoil.
 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the treatment mediumsolution contains at least one vegetable oil or an oil product which isobtained from at least one vegetable oil by ester interchange, partialreduction, etherification or partial synthesis.
 6. The method accordingto claim 5, vegetable oil is sunflower oil.
 7. The method according toclaim 5, wherein the vegetable oil is glycerol ester or other esters offatty acids with fatty alcohols, fatty alcohols or their ethers andesters.
 8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the oily solutioncontains at least one additive in the form of tensides, with a contentof approximately 0.1-4.0% by weight relative to the total weight of thesolution, or in the form of waxes, with a content of approximately0.1-1.0% by weight relative to the total weight of the solution, orfragrant oils or colorants.
 9. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe treatment medium contains at least one medicinal substance in anaqueous alcoholic solution.
 10. The method according to claim 9, whereinthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains monohydric or polyhydricalcohols, ethanol, glycerol or polymer alcohols or Isopropanol orpropylene glycol or PEG or their esters or ethers.
 11. The methodaccording to claim 10, wherein the aqueous solution contains ethanol orisopropanol in a concentration of approximately 5.0-70% by weightrelative to a total weight of the solution.
 12. The method according toclaim 10, wherein the aqueous alcoholic solution contains polyhydric,saturated or unsaturated alcohols and polymer alcohols, propylene glycolor their esters or ethers in a concentration of approximately 2.0-40% byweight relative to the total weight of the solution.
 13. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the use of an aqueous alcoholic solutioncontains at least one medicinal substance in liposomal or nanosomalencapsulation.
 14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the aqueousalcoholic solution contains a film-forming component, or a polymerfilm-forming component.
 15. The method according to claim 14, whereinthe treatment medium further comprises ethyl acetate, in a concentrationof approximately 5.0-40% by weight or acetone, in a concentration ofapproximately 5.0-40% by weight relative to the total weight of thesolution, and is used as an additional solvent.
 16. The method accordingto claim 14, wherein polymers or co- or cross-polymers, such aspolymethacrylate, in chemically modified form, are used as thefilm-forming component.
 17. The method according to claim 1, wherein theaqueous alcoholic solution contains additives in the form of tensides,in a concentration of approximately 0.5-5% by weight relative to thetotal weight of the solution, or fatty alcohols or their esters andethers, in a concentration of approximately 0.5-4.0% by weight relativeto a total weight of the solution.
 18. The method according to claim 17,wherein the medium further comprises the use of polysobat 80 or octyldodecanol as an additive.
 19. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains additives in a form ofthickeners based on cellulose or starch, oligosaccharide orpolyacrylate, in a concentration of approximately 0.1-0.4% by weightrelative to a total weight of the solution.
 20. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the solution contains fragrant oils or colorants. 21.The method according to claim 1, wherein the use of at least onemedicinal substance is for treating calluses, warts, acne, herpes,onychomycosis, fungal infections on the head, changes in pigment orpathological proliferations of the skin.
 22. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the use of at least one medicinal substance is fortreating chronic wounds, Ulcus cruris or Decubitus.
 23. The methodaccording to claim 22, wherein the treatment medium in the solutioncontains at least one enzymatic or antimicrobial substance. 24.(canceled)
 25. The method according to claim 1, wherein an applicationtip has reduced hardness on an end used to apply a treatment medium tothe skin.
 26. The method according to claim 1, wherein the applicationtip exhibits reduced porosity on an end to apply a treatment medium tothe skin.
 27. The method according to claim 1, wherein the applicationtip is made of PE, PP, PVDF, PTFE or EVA.
 28. A medicinal product withan applicator for controlled application of a liquid medicinal treatmentmedium containing at least one medicinal substance on an area to betreated during an external treatment of a human or animal bodycomprising a pen-like applicator, which holds the treatment medium in areservoir or container and is provided on an end with an applicationtip, by means of which the treatment medium from an interior of thecontainer is applied to an area to be treated by brushing over said areaand the application tip made of a porous material, a porous sinteredmaterial or a sintered polymer material.
 29. The medicinal productaccording to claim 28, wherein the container has a sleeve-shaped ortubular design.
 30. The medicinal product according to claim 28, whereinthe treatment medium contains at least one active substance in an oilysolution.
 31. The medicinal product according to claim 30, wherein theoily solution contains at least one mineral oil or at least onederivative of a mineral oil.
 32. The medicinal product according toclaim 30, wherein the mineral oil is paraffin oil or silicone oil. 33.The medicinal product according to claim 29, wherein the solutioncontains at least one vegetable oil or oil product which is obtainedfrom at least one vegetable oil by ester interchange or partialsynthesis.
 34. The medicinal product according to claim 33, whereinsunflower seed oil is used as the vegetable oil.
 35. The medicinalproduct according to claim 33, wherein glycerol ester or other esters offatty acids with fatty alcohols, fatty alcohols or their ethers andesters are used as the oil product.
 36. The medicinal product accordingto claim 28, wherein the oily solution contains at least one additive inthe form of tensides, with a content of approximately 0.1-4.0% by weightrelative to the total weight of the solution, or in the form of waxes,with a content of approximately 0.1-1.0% by weight relative to the totalweight of the solution, or fragrant oils or colorants.
 37. The medicinalproduct according to claim 28, wherein the treatment medium contains theat least one medicinal substance in an aqueous alcoholic solution. 38.The medicinal product according to claim 37, wherein the aqueousalcoholic solution contains monohydric or polyhydric alcohols, ethanolor isopropanol or propylene glycol or their esters or ethers.
 39. Themedicinal product according to claim 38, wherein the aqueous solutioncontains ethanol or isopropanol in a concentration of approximately5.0-70% by weight relative to a total weight of the solution.
 40. Themedicinal product according to claim 38, wherein the aqueous alcoholicsolution contains the polyhydric, saturated or unsaturated alcohols,propylene glycol or their esters or ethers in a concentration ofapproximately 2.0-40% by weight relative to a total weight of thesolution.
 41. The medicinal product according to claim 28, wherein theaqueous alcoholic solution contains at least one medicinal substance inliposomal or nanosomal encapsulation.
 42. The medicinal productaccording to claim 28, wherein the aqueous alcoholic solution contains afilm-forming component, or a polymer film-forming component.
 43. Themedicinal product according to claim 42, wherein ethyl acetate, in aconcentration of approximately 5.0-40% by weight and/or acetone, in aconcentration of approximately 5.0-40% by weight relative to a totalweight of the solution, is used as a film-forming component.
 44. Themedicinal product according to claim 42, wherein polymers orcross-polymers, polymethacrylate, in chemically modified form, are usedas the film-forming component.
 45. The medicinal product according toclaim 28, wherein the aqueous alcoholic solution contains additives in aform of tensides, in a concentration of approximately 0.5-5% by weightrelative to a total weight of the solution, or fatty alcohols or theiresters or ethers, in a concentration of approximately 0.5-4.0% by weightrelative to a total weight of the solution.
 46. The medicinal productaccording to claim 45, wherein polysobat 80 or octyl dodecanol are usedas an additive.
 47. The medicinal product according to claim 28, whereinthe aqueous alcoholic solution contains additives in the form ofthickeners based on cellulose or starch, oligosaccharide orpolyacrylate, in a concentration of approximately 0.1-0.4% by weightrelative to a total weight of the solution.
 48. The medicinal productaccording to claim 28, wherein the solution contains fragrant oils orcolorants.
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 56. A medicinal or medicalproduct with an applicator for controlled application of a liquidmedicinal treatment medium containing at least one medicinal substanceon an area to be treated during an external treatment of a human oranimal body, comprising a pen-like applicator, which holds the treatmentmedium in a reservoir or container and which is provided on an end withan application tip, by means of which the treatment medium from aninterior of the container is applied to the area to be treated bybrushing or moving over said area, and at least one medicinal substancebeing a medicinal substance for treating warts.
 57. The medicinalproduct according to claim 56, whereby the application tip is made of aporous material, a porous sintered material, or a sintered polymermaterial.
 58. A method for controlled application of a liquid medicinaltreatment medium containing at least one medicinal substance on an areato be treated during an external treatment of a human or animal body,using a pen-like applicator, which holds the treatment medium in areservoir or container and which is provided on an end with anapplication tip, by means of which the treatment medium from theinterior of the container is applied to the area to be treated bybrushing or moving over said area, wherein the at least one medicinalsubstance is a medicinal substance for treating warts.
 59. The methodaccording to claim 58, wherein the application tip is made of a porousmaterial, a porous sintered material, or a sintered polymer material.